#4E2B8F#4E2B8F

#4E2B8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.156 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B8F
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 143)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 69.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.66, 39.41, -49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.66, 63.40, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% 0.0636 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.156 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9623, 5.3304, 26.5379)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B8F #6C8F2B

analogous

#2B3A8F #4E2B8F #802B8F

triadic

#4E2B8F #8F4E2B #2B8F4E

tetradic

#4E2B8F #8F2B3A #6C8F2B #2B8F80

square

#4E2B8F #8F2B3A #6C8F2B #2B8F80

split-complementary

#4E2B8F #8F802B #3A8F2B

monochromatic

#1B0F31 #341D60 #4E2B8F #6839BE #8A64D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#4E2B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E2B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B8F

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B8F	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.156 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667b1',
    500: '#4e2b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b8f;
$custom-light: #8667b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 53.763,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39362,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B8F

secondary

#98B75F

accent

#DD4BAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B8F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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